Re: Wioreless Keyboard

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: > : > Has anyone played with one of these yet?
: > : > I have one hooked up but I can't get the
: > : > keyboard settings in control panel right.
: > : > It seems to repeat and skip things I type
: > : > a lot. Let me know if you've had any luck.
: > : >
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: > : When were these wireless kb's manufactured? Don't you need the Reset
: > button
: > : to turn on your mac? Or was it designed for the ol' switch macs? What
: > mac
: > : model was the first to use the power key on to keyboard? I wanna say LC
: > : 575.....
: >
: > As far as needing the reset, it's yes. Putting one on a remote
: > device, it's next to impossible. The reset switch is simply a
: > short in the lines, which ones I am not sure of as yet. Very
: > difficult to simulate that remotely.
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: But couldn't you have the base station short the wires when it detects the
: reset key being pressed? Seems like a pretty big drawback to me. You'd need
: to attatch a hardwired keyboard just to turn the comp on.

Yes, but at a much higher cost. Reset you could do that way,
but power on would be impossible since the receiver requires
power that it wouldn't be getting until the Mac was powered on.

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